Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-11-01

:, s,;u here awaiting the decision of the U.
& Supreme Court in the case OF the con-
damned anarchists of Chicago, says he ex-
necta that decision will be rendered to NOR
row He seems to think the delay in rem
daring the decision implies that it will be
against the prisoners, for the reason that II
the court intended to grant the applied for
writ of error it would have done 30 at once
and without deeming it at all necessary to
make any explanation OF its action, while
it NAV naturally think that denial OF the
writ demands an elaborate exposition OF the
ground for doing so, and that the delay Is
caused by the preparation OF that exposi'
ton.
A gentleman from Baltimore,h here to-day,
saws that the rich, beautiful and graceiul
Miss Williams, of that city, VINO oDeyeu ner
fathers command and broke oil her engage
meut with the man she loved, MIR. Herbert,
the owner of the Muckross estate at Aiiiar-
new, because be is divorced man ana MS
estate heavily encountered, is slowly dying
of broken heart.
Il is understood here to day that the Pres
ident will take DO part in the contest !or
the district attorneyship of New YORK CITY
between Col. Fellows and Mr.. Nicoll, though
the former is the regular nominee OF. the
democratic, and the latter OF the republican
party. .:. =.
The Virginia democratic association OF
this city is now engaged in hunting up and
sending to Virginia all the democrats so
| journjng here who are entitled to vote In
their State. til said there are several hun
dred of them.
Mr.. Lacey, republican OF Alexandra
county, when asked to-day how his county
would 20 at the election next Tuesday. re-
piled that he thought Judge Stuart, the
democratic candidate, would carry the cour'
ty, as the republicans there are by no means
united, MANY of them thinking it will be
vastly better for them individually, as we'll
es collectively, to have Mr.. Barbour than
General Malone for their next U. S. Senator
Rev. Mr.. Nourse, of the Potomr Presby
tery, says that Presbytery has appealed from
the decision of the Synod in the Todd case
to the General Assembly, which meets next
May. He says the case in the Synod was
considered as involving constitutional
question, and that the decision of the Synod
was in accordance with the new discipline
book, except in SO far as the Presbytery was
directed to reverse its findings. aud that 1t
is from that direction that the appeal mas
been made.
Mr.. Barbour, chairman of the State demo
cratic committee OF Virginia, was in the city
to day. He says that he is in receipt of in
telligence from all the counties in his State,
and that its general tenor is favorable TO c
democratic victory next Tuesday. He says
that so far ne bss not heard of any great ex.
penditure Of money by General Malone,
and that the Generals assertions that the
democrats gain their successes hy fraudulent
counting deter people feoG continuing tic
bis cause, as they naturally i5ink thero is no
reason in throwing a.ay money as it can do
no possible good when used against men
who carry elections b, ci,, court d not by
the vote. Regarding the e,ecaivn in Rich
mond, he says be is u su,.d by people in
that city we'll qualified to know, that all
four of the democratic Legislative candidates
| there will be elected.
| The monthly statement of tho Treasury Depart
ment shows that the contraction of national bank
| circulation for the last month was one million
| and for the year twenty-six million.
! Dispatcles from Tampa, Florida, TO day, report
| nine new cases OF yellow fever and three deaths